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Spicy chocolate cake with buttercream

Spicy chocolate cake with buttercream

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A Finnish chocolate, walnut, and cayenne cake, cut into three pieces, and topped with a chocolate butter cream enhanced with piri-piri.

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Recipe from Smaug the Golden, Hartz, Lemmikkipuu, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The combination of chocolate and hot pepper may seem surprising, but these two ingredients actually complement each other very well. Start with a small amount of spice and gradually add more. It’s important not to be too adventurous with pre-mixed spice blends, as they may contain cayenne pepper and salt.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$10.46 $1.31 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people

Cake

  • $0.80
  • $0.13
  • $0.19
  • $1.19
  • $0.88
  • $0.09
  • $1.39

Cream

  • $1.39
  • $0.46
  • $3.94

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C. Whisk the sugar and eggs until the mixture becomes frothy.
  2. Combine the flour, cocoa, walnuts, cayenne pepper, and baking powder, then add to the eggs. Mix in the melted butter and boiling water.
  3. Pour: Grease and flour a loaf pan, then bake for approximately 40 minutes on the lower rack. Let cool before serving.
  4. For the cream, whip the butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy, then add the piri-piri. Divide into two portions and add melted chocolate (melted over a bain-marie and allowed to cool slightly) to one portion.
  5. Cut the cake into three layers, and then frost with chocolate cream. ≈ 10 min
  6. Decorate with plain cream and orange vermicelli. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Spicy chocolate cake with buttercream

  • 2 eggs$0.80
  • 170 grams of sugar$0.13
  • 120 g of flour$0.19
  • 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder$1.19
  • 40 g of chopped walnuts$0.88
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder$0.09
  • 150 g of melted butter$1.39
  • 150 g of softened butter$1.39
  • 120 g of powdered sugar$0.46
  • 150 g of 70% dark chocolate$3.94

Total$10.46

that's $1.31 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 170 grams of sugar
  • 120 g of flour
  • 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder
  • 40 g of chopped walnuts
  • One cayenne pepper blade
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 150 g of melted butter
  • 100 ml of boiling water
  • 150 g of softened butter
  • 120 g of powdered sugar
  • 150 g of 70% dark chocolate
  • 1/4 teaspoon of piri-piri chili paste
  • Orange-flavored vermicelli for decoration

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